It takes a thousand midges for each bird food ball
Posted on 08/15/2009 6:06:37 AM PDT by JoeProBono
A woman on the Isle of Skye is asking people to send her dead midges so she can turn them into food for wild birds. Housewife-turned-entrepreneur Elaine Bunce adds the biting insect to beef dripping and flour to create her Original Highland Midge Bites.
She has advertised in a local newspaper for people to send her expired insects, as it takes a thousand for each ball. Mrs Bunce discovered that midges, notorious for blighting Scottish holidays, are a good source of protein. She currently has five litres of midges in her freezer.
She hoping to collect more from midge killing machines. Mrs Bunce, from Dunvegan, said: "I researched the matter with bird groups and they say midges are full of protein.
"I've got about five litres of them in my freezer at the moment - there are trillions of them.
But I need a lot more, there are not so many about because of the hot summer, and this is a good way to recycle midges." Midges also need a blood meal within a week or they will not survive
She added: "I am trialling the product at the moment and hope to gradually roll it out to leading pet shops and suppliers."
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It takes a thousand midges for each bird food ball
Most insects are a good source of protein, and can be a survival food in emergencies.. other than poisonous ones of course.
My Uncle was a POW in WW-II and survived off of bugs for quite a while.
Always wondered if mosquitoes could be harvested and processed into a food additive of some sort - if they eat us, why can’t we turn the tables and eat them?
Like the frog says; “Eat what bugs you”.
Tastes like haggis...
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